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Tiraboschi C, Gentilini L, Velazquez C, Corapi E, Jaworski FM, Garcia Garcia JD, Rondón Y, Chauchereau A, Laderach DJ, Compagno D. Combining inhibition of galectin-3 with and before a therapeutic vaccination is critical for the prostate-tumor-free outcome. J Immunother Cancer 2021; 8:jitc-2020-001535. [PMID: 33293356 PMCID: PMC7725099 DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-001535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Prostate cancer (PCa) is a major health problem worldwide. Taxol derivatives-based chemotherapies or immunotherapies are usually proposed depending on the symptomatic status of the patient. In the case of immunotherapy, tumors develop robust immune escape mechanisms that abolish any protective response, and to date why prostate cancer is one of the most resistant diseases remains unresolved. METHODS By using a combination of clinical data to study the transcriptome of metastasis samples from patients with castration-refractory prostate cancer, and state of the art cellular and molecular biology assays in samples from tumor-bearing mice that have been submitted to surgical resection of the tumor before receiving a vaccination, we answered several essential questions in the field of immunotherapy for prostate cancer. We also used two different methods to inhibit the expression of galectin-3 (Gal-3) in tumor cells: a stable RNA interference method to control the expression of this galectin efficiently only in tumor cells, and low and non-cytotoxic doses of docetaxel to easily transfer our findings to clinical settings. RESULTS Herein, we show for the first time that Gal-3 expressed by prostate tumor cells is the main immune checkpoint responsible for the failure of vaccine-based immunotherapy. Our results show that low and non-cytotoxic doses of docetaxel lead to the inhibition of Gal-3 expression in PCa cells as well as in clinical samples of patients with metastatic and castration-resistant PCa promoting a Th1 response. We thus optimized a prostate cancer animal model that undergoes surgical resection of the tumor to mimic prostatectomy usually performed in patients. Importantly, using Gal-3-knocked down-PCa cells or low and non-cytotoxic doses of taxane before vaccination, we were able to highly control tumor recurrence through a direct impact on the proliferation and infiltration of CD8+ cytotoxic T. CONCLUSIONS Thus, Gal-3 expression by PCa cells is a crucial inhibitor for the success of immunotherapy, and low doses of docetaxel with non-cytotoxic effect on leukocyte survival could be used before immunotherapy for all patients with PCa to reduce the expression of this critical negative immune checkpoint, pre-conditioning the tumor-microenvironment to activate an antitumor immune response and promote tumor-free outcome.
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- Carolina Tiraboschi
- Quimica biologica, IQUIBICEN-CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Quimica biologica, IQUIBICEN-CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Quimica biologica, IQUIBICEN-CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Quimica biologica, IQUIBICEN-CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Quimica biologica, IQUIBICEN-CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Quimica biologica, IQUIBICEN-CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Universidad Nacional de Lujan, Lujan, Argentina
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- Quimica biologica, IQUIBICEN-CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kvízová J, Pavlíčková V, Kmoníčková E, Ruml T, Rimpelová S. Quo Vadis Advanced Prostate Cancer Therapy? Novel Treatment Perspectives and Possible Future Directions. Molecules 2021; 26:2228. [PMID: 33921501 PMCID: PMC8069564 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26082228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Prostate cancer is a very common disease, which is, unfortunately, often the cause of many male deaths. This is underlined by the fact that the early stages of prostate cancer are often asymptomatic. Therefore, the disease is usually detected and diagnosed at late advanced or even metastasized stages, which are already difficult to treat. Hence, it is important to pursue research and development not only in terms of novel diagnostic methods but also of therapeutic ones, as well as to increase the effectiveness of the treatment by combinational medicinal approach. Therefore, in this review article, we focus on recent approaches and novel potential tools for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer; these include not only androgen deprivation therapy, antiandrogen therapy, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, immunotherapy, multimodal therapy, but also poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, Akt and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors.
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- Jana Kvízová
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (J.K.); (V.P.); (T.R.)
- Bioinova, s.r.o., Vídeňská 1083, 140 20 Praha, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (J.K.); (V.P.); (T.R.)
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- Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (J.K.); (V.P.); (T.R.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 3, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (J.K.); (V.P.); (T.R.)
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Xu Y, Wen N, Sonis ST, Villa A. Oral side effects of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy (ICIT): An analysis of 4683 patients receiving ICIT for malignancies at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2011 to 2019. Cancer 2021; 127:1796-1804. [PMID: 33595843 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are increasingly accepted as a treatment option for several cancers. Although various systemic immune-related adverse events (irAEs) have been characterized, the effect of ICIs on the oral cavity and contiguous structures is still poorly understood. METHODS Electronic medical records of 4683 patients in the Mass General Brigham Registered Patient Data Registry who received ICI therapy (ICIT) between December 2011 and September 2019 were reviewed. Reports of oral conditions were categorized into oral mucosal disorders, xerostomia, and dysgeusia. After applying exclusion criteria, demographic characteristics and clinical features were summarized for the patients who had oral irAEs. RESULTS In total, 317 patients developed oral conditions that were associated with ICIT (incidence, 6.8%; 317 of 4683 patients). These conditions included xerostomia (68.5%), oral mucosal disorders (33.4%), and dysgeusia (24.0%). In patients with oral irAEs, respiratory cancer (28.4%) was the most common primary cancer, followed by melanoma (26.2%), and head and neck cancer (14.8%). Oral mucosal disorders developed after the initiation of ICIT between 2 and 851 days (between 1 and 1332 days in patients with xerostomia and between 1 and 1455 days in patients with dysgeusia). Of all oral irAEs, 50.9% developed within 3 months, and 85.5% developed within 12 months. CONCLUSIONS Oral side effects appear to be more common among patients who receive ICIT than has been previously reported. Concomitant cytotoxic regimens may exacerbate the risk of oral adverse events, perhaps representing the sum of the effects of different, but simultaneous or sequential, pathogenic mechanisms. Additional studies are warranted to better characterize oral irAEs and their biologic basis.
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- Yuanming Xu
- Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.,Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California
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Uhlman MA, Bing MT, Lubaroff DM. Prostate cancer vaccines in combination with additional treatment modalities. Immunol Res 2015; 59:236-42. [PMID: 24838261 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-014-8532-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Immunotherapy has been investigated in both preclinical studies and clinical trials as a new therapy for prostate cancer. Vaccines, including those that utilize dendritic cells, viruses, or DNA, immunize against prostate-specific antigen and prostatic acid phosphatase. The vaccines have long been studied as monotherapy for the cancer, but increasingly more trials have been initiated in combination with other modalities. These include radiation, chemotherapy, and androgen deprivation therapy. This review describes and discusses the various combinations of vaccine immunotherapies.
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- Matthew A Uhlman
- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, 375 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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Ghods R, Ghahremani MH, Madjd Z, Asgari M, Abolhasani M, Tavasoli S, Mahmoudi AR, Darzi M, Pasalar P, Jeddi-Tehrani M, Zarnani AH. High placenta-specific 1/low prostate-specific antigen expression pattern in high-grade prostate adenocarcinoma. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2014; 63:1319-27. [PMID: 25186610 PMCID: PMC11029513 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-014-1594-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The scarcity of effective therapeutic approaches for prostate cancer (PCa) has encouraged steadily growing interest for the identification of novel antigenic targets. Placenta-specific 1 (PLAC1) is a novel cancer-testis antigen with reported ectopic expression in a variety of tumors and cancer cell lines. The purpose of the present study was to investigate for the first time the differential expression of PLAC1 in PCa tissues. METHODS We investigated the differential expression of PLAC1 in PCa, high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HPIN), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and nonneoplastic/nonhyperplastic prostate tissues using microarray-based immunohistochemistry (n = 227). The correlation of PLAC1 expression with certain clinicopathological parameters and expression of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), as a prostate epithelial cell differentiation marker, were investigated. RESULTS Placenta-specific 1 (PLAC1) expression was increased in a stepwise manner from BPH to PCa, which expressed highest levels of this molecule, while in a majority of normal tissues, PLAC1 expression was not detected. Moreover, PLAC1 expression was positively associated with Gleason score (p ≤ 0.001). Interestingly, there was a negative correlation between PLAC1 and PSA expression in patients with PCa and HPIN (p ≤ 0.01). Increment of PLAC1 expression increased the odds of PCa and HPIN diagnosis (OR 49.45, 95 % CI for OR 16.17-151.25). CONCLUSION Our findings on differential expression of PLAC1 in PCa plus its positive association with Gleason score and negative correlation with PSA expression highlight the potential usefulness of PLAC1 for targeted PC therapy especially for patients with advanced disease.
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- Roya Ghods
- Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Medical Technologies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TUMS, Tehran, Iran
- Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Medical Technologies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TUMS, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Pharmacology-Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TUMS, Tehran, Iran
- School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Eastern side of Tehran University, 88, Italia St, P.O. box: 1417755469, Tehran, Iran
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- Oncopathology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, IUMS, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, IUMS, Tehran, Iran
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- Oncopathology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, IUMS, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Pathology, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, IUMS, Tehran, Iran
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- Oncopathology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, IUMS, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Pathology, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, IUMS, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nutrition, Science and Research Branch, Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Medical Technologies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, TUMS, Tehran, Iran
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- Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, IUMS, Hemmat Highway, P.O. box: 1449614535, Tehran, Iran
- Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Drake CG, Sharma P, Gerritsen W. Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: new therapies, novel combination strategies and implications for immunotherapy. Oncogene 2014; 33:5053-64. [PMID: 24276248 PMCID: PMC4876694 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
For the past decade, docetaxel has remained the global standard of care for frontline treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Until recently, there were limited options for patients with mCRPC following docetaxel failure or resistance, but now the approved treatment choices for these patients have expanded to include abiraterone acetate, cabazitaxel and enzalutamide. Additionally, the radioactive therapeutic agent radium-223 dichloride has been recently approved in patients with CRPC with bone metastases. Although each of these agents has been shown to convey significant survival benefit as a monotherapy, preclinical findings suggest that combining such innovative strategies with traditional treatments may achieve additive or synergistic effects, further augmenting patient benefit. This review will discuss the transformation of the post-docetaxel space in mCRPC, highlighting the spectrum of newly approved agents in this setting in the USA and the European Union, as well as summarizing treatments with non-chemotherapeutic mechanisms of action that have demonstrated promising results in recent phase 3 trials. Lastly, this review will address the potential of combinatorial regimens in mCRPC, including the pairing of novel immunotherapeutic approaches with chemotherapy, radiotherapy or androgen ablation.
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- CG Drake
- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Radford KJ, Tullett KM, Lahoud MH. Dendritic cells and cancer immunotherapy. Curr Opin Immunol 2014; 27:26-32. [PMID: 24513968 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2014.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2013] [Revised: 01/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Dendritic cells (DC) play an essential role in the induction and regulation of immune responses, including the generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) for the eradication of cancers. DC-based cancer vaccines are well tolerated with few side effects and can generate anti-tumour immune responses, but overall they have been of limited benefit. Recent studies have demonstrated that CD141(+) DC play an important role in anti-tumour responses. These are now attractive targets for the development of vaccines that directly target DC in vivo. An understanding of the functional specialisations of DC subsets, strategies for the delivery of tumour Ag to DC and for enhancing immune responses, point to promising new avenues for the design of more effective DC-based cancer vaccines.
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- Kristen J Radford
- Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; University of Queensland, School of Biomedical Sciences, Brisbane, Australia
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- Mater Research Institute, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia; University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Brisbane, Australia; Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Parray A, Siddique HR, Nanda S, Konety BR, Saleem M. Castration-resistant prostate cancer: potential targets and therapies. Biologics 2012; 6:267-76. [PMID: 22956858 PMCID: PMC3430091 DOI: 10.2147/btt.s23954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
The treatment landscape for patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is undergoing significant changes with the advent of new therapies and multidisciplinary efforts by scientists and clinicians. As activation of multiple molecular pathways in the neoplastic prostate makes it impossible for single-target drugs to be completely effective in treating CRPC, this has led to combination therapy strategy, where several molecules involved in tumor growth and disease progression are targeted by a therapeutic regimen. In the present review, we provide an update on the molecular pathways that play an important role in the pathogenesis of CRPC and discuss the current wave of new treatments to combat this lethal disease.
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- Aijaz Parray
- Molecular Chemoprevention and Therapeutics, The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, TX
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- Molecular Chemoprevention and Therapeutics, The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, TX
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- Molecular Chemoprevention and Therapeutics, The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, TX
- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Austin, TX
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- Molecular Chemoprevention and Therapeutics, The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, TX
- Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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